Isaak v. Superior Court

UDALL, Vice Chief Justice:

In a hearing before us, we granted the petition of Eugene Isaak for a writ of certiorari. Whether a co-executor named in a will, incompetent to serve solely because he is not a bona fide resident of this state, has the right to nominate an administrator with will annexed is the principal issue of the case.

The facts are as follows: Blenda H. Fast died testate on September 8, 1967, leaving an estate valued at about $500,000.-00. Named as co-executors in her will were Jerome W. Sinsheimer, an attorney practicing in New York, his son Warren J. Sinsheimer, named as…